Which Gender Sway Method should I use?

[Falling2Grace]

For me, IG just seems to be a mish mash of a bunch of theories, that don't really add up in the end. That's me though, everyone has to do what they think works for them. GORGEOUS family BTW...really!

yes, i totally agree with that stamement now!

thank you! Love them to pieces <3

[LacePrincess]

GL! There's a lot. Breastfeeding does sway pink, however, it also makes for irregular cycles. You probably want to start charting if you haven't already, as it's very common to have nursing really mess with your luteal phase. Also, since your baby is very young yet you might not really be ovulatory, so be prepared for that.

My nursling is much older, but up till this Sep (he was 33 months) we were still nursing almost on infant schedule. Boob addict, he was, lol. Anyways, my cycles were all over the place, I knew I was irregular but I hadn't been charting. I started charting and yikes, iffy ovulation, anov cycles, delayed O, broken LP. My LP was only 5-7 days long, brutal! I ended up pretty much entirely weaning (just one morning feed) this cycle and finally things are going back to normal. Unfortunately I just wasn't one of the lucky ones that can conceive while nursing at all. I loved nursing, but DS3 is turning 3 tomorrow and, well, I'm ok with getting him off the boob by now, lol.

Not saying it'll be the same for you, but something to look into. Also, your baby still needing momma's milk so you need to be careful to still eat well so you don't lose your milk. Be careful with the supplements too, some like Saw Palmetto are a complete no no with nursing. Vitex is ok and can help regulate your cycles a lot.

[rainbowflower]

welcome! you might find AF doesn't return for a while whilst BF - I didn't get mine back until 6 months but then had a severe luteal phase defect until 12 months so couldn';t have conceived before then even though I wanted to. Are you trying straight away?

personally I think that by the 12 month point (or by the time you're down to just a couple of feeds a day) BF doesn't sway any more, but it can still prevent you taking certain supplements so next time I'll be weaning before swaying

[Falling2Grace]

I have been charting since i was 6 weeks PP. (i charted with the other babies as well). I forced ov. with soy iso. (stupid me! but i was desperate lol). I dont think my body would have ov.ed AT ALL if i wouldn't have taken it. But it was a dumb move on my part bc my LP only ended up being 8 days. (when im not BFing my LP is only 10 days. 11 if im extra extra careful about the B Vit but doesn't always work either). So that was dumb of me. When I was BFing DS1, I never ov.ed either. I ov.ed two weeks after i was 100% done nursing him. Then i had 7 cycles which were the typical length however they were all annovulory (this could have been due to the Endo as well, idk) and then finally on the 8th cycle i got pregnant with DS2. So i figure it would be complicated. Im on CD 31 now and had a +OPK last night. OF course, thats not saying much bc i had a +OPK on Wed and then bubs decided he needed to nurse more again lol. So then i didn't but then he want a good stretch day before yesterday and i got that positive. I really hope this is it. We wern't planning on having another one for a good while but with the recent learning of some major health concerns, we just decided to go for it. Anyways, Im being very careful about my diet and supplements. Ive decided i wont be doing the soy again...

[LacePrincess]

It's very common to have fakeout attempted O's while still nursing. Your body's practicing to get back into it. Natural spacing is about 2.5-3 years apart on average when nursing and weaning on demand and not preventing, that's how Mother Nature prefers to space babies so each baby has the 'best of' mom. So it's totally normal to not ovulate and not be fertile while baby is still young enough to get most of his nutrients from boobymilk and not solid food.

If you're still lactating, prolactin interferes with progesterone. Which is why it's so common to have LPD while nursing. I've read of many accounts where women took Vitex when they wanted to conceive again but weren't quite ready to wean, so you could try that. Vitex is safe while bf'ing. You would take it CD1-14 only or it can delay O.

Unfortunately Vitex for me wasn't enough to fix my LP issues, but I was more than ready for DS3 to be done with the boob at 3!

[rainbowflower]

I took vitex to sort my LP out too... although there's no evidence saying it's unsafe there is none saying it's safe either and I was worried about DS1 getting a dose of it through my milk so would take it straight after a feed. I also took vit B6 to extend my luteal phase as it was also only 11 days pre-pregnancy and went down to 4/5 days whilst BF

I was just reading your signature thinking you're crazy wanting to TTC with a 6 day old baby, but now realised you've just put the month first and I was reading it as day first! silly me lol

[atomic sagebrush]

Everyone already gave great answers but I did want to say hi and happy you found us!